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        Image auto-rotation works in either of two modes, set by
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        <span class="guilabel">Write altered image orientation to the metadata not set</span>
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        If you change the orientation of an image using any of the available commands, the image will always be displayed in the modified orientation. This new orientation is stored in temporary data structures associated with each image file. When Geeqie closes, these changes will be lost.
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        If the option
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        <span class="guilabel">Write altered image orientation to the metadata set</span>
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        <p class="para block">If you change the orientation of an image using any of the available commands, this new orientation is stored in a metadata write queue.</p>
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          If the option
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          However if the option
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